The prototypical script for a famous footballer goes something like this: You play 10 years (if you’re lucky). Possibly win a league title in the process (if you’re lucky). Finally, you negotiate a broadcasting career where you play pundit and banter with other ‘legends of the sport’ (that is, if you’re lucky). You then retire for a second time as a new generation of legends come through to replace you on the talking heads segment and thus, the cycle of athletic rebirth begins a new chapter as it enters another revolution – round and round like a muddy leather ball until…